Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON): A mitochondrial disease with unresolved complexities

Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 153-156

  Went, L N ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE;

CRANIOTOMY; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITARY OPTIC ATROPHY; HUMAN; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

EID: 0032854412     PISSN: 03010171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000015370     Document Type: Short Survey

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